Mr. Ciar?n Delaney:

I am so sorry that Deputy Leddin has gone. I saw the Chair look at my jaw and wondered if he was going to get a truck jack to put it back in place. Seriously, however, the message here for Deputy Leddin when he reads the transcript is that the NTA may have all this glorious access but it does not give a damn about the disabled community. For those who know Cork, where did the NTA hold one of its public meetings on BusConnects? It was in the Silver Springs convention centre. Those familiar with the area will know there is one bus stop and one bus route to the centre. The incline is huge so the meeting was not accessible. The NTA need to be called in here and asked what planet it is operating on. I am being very reserved in what I am saying.

There are a whole load of people in here and the different officers were mentioned. There is a biodiversity officer, a tree officer - you name it. I am open to correction but I think Deputy Thomas Gould tried to introduce an amendment to provide that there would be a disability officer in each local authority. That needs to be done as soon as possible.